The Bates College (3-7) baseball team split a doubleheader with Thomas
College (1-11), dropping the opener 8-5 and coming back to take the second
game, 11-2.

In the first game, Thomas scored 7 runs in the first
inning (5 unearned) and hung on to win, 8-5. Thomas DH Darren Goeke
(Rockland, Maine) hit a 3-run HR with one out in the big inning, followed
by a strikeout and five straight batters reaching base on seeing-eye and
bloop hits. Bates pitcher Chris Snow (Tewksbury, Mass.) settled down to
allow just 3 hits after the first inning, striking out seven batters
(7 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 8 K, 1 BB, 2 HBP, 2 HR). Junior thirdbaseman
Scott McAuliffe (Concord, N.H.) was 2 for 4 with 2 runs, 1 RBI, and a
triple. The Terrier added a late insurance run when a line drive which
bounced over the fence was ruled a home run by the umpire. Sophomore
centerfielder Austin Philbin (Clinton, Mass.) was ejected for arguing the
call.

In the second game, Bates batted around in the second inning to take an
8-1 lead. Sophomore rightfielder Jason Coulie (Manchester, N.H.) was the
hitting star in the game, reaching base in all four plate
appearances, going 3-3 with a walk, 4 runs scored, a stolen base, a triple
and a home run, his fourth on the season, tying him for the team lead.
Sophomore CF Austin Philbin (Clinton, Mass.), senior LF Mike Voelker
(Coventry, R.I.) and sophomore C Frost Hubbard (East Walpole, Mass.) each
had two RBI. Senior pitcher Dan Chisholm pitched his second straight
compelte game for the win. The Bobcats have now hit 14 home runs this
season, the most since they hit 20 in 1990.